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  • Nigeria: More than 300 children abducted in attack on Catholic school

    Source: National Public Radio [US state media]

    “A total of 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers were abducted by gunmen during an attack on St. Mary’s School, a Catholic institution in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state, the Christian Association of Nigeria said Saturday, updating an earlier tally of 215 schoolchildren. … No group has yet claimed responsibility for the abductions and authorities have said tactical squads have been deployed alongside local hunters to rescue the children. … Niger state has now shut down all schools as a measure to forestall other kidnappings. The decision was in a bid to protect lives and property, Niger Gov. Umar Bago told reporters Saturday after meeting with security officials in Minna.” (11/22/25)

    https://www.npr.org/2025/11/22/nx-s1-5617680/nigeria-catholic-school-children-abducted

  • ND: Abortion illegal again after court reverses a judge’s earlier decision

    Source: San Diego Union-Tribune

    “Abortion is again illegal in North Dakota after the state’s Supreme Court on Friday couldn’t muster the required majority to uphold a judge’s ruling that struck down the state’s ban last year. The law makes it a felony crime for anyone to perform an abortion, though it specifically protects patients from prosecution. Doctors could be prosecuted and penalized by as much as five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Three justices agreed that the ban is unconstitutionally vague under the state constitution. The other two justices said the law is not unconstitutional. The state constitution requires at least four of the five justices to agree for a law to be found unconstitutional, a high bar.” (11/21/25)

    https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/11/21/abortion-north-dakota/

  • Brazil: Bolsonaro arrested over alleged escape plot

    Source: ABC News

    “Brazil’s federal police on Saturday arrested former president Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt. … federal agents entered Bolsonaro’s house early Saturday under the order of a Supreme Court Justice to take the former president to the headquarters of the country’s federal police in the capital, Brasilia. Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who oversaw the case on Bolsonaro’s attempt to keep the presidency after his defeat to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2022, ordered the preemptive arrest after saying the far-right leader’s ankle monitor was violated at 12:08 a.m. on Saturday. His lawyers claimed in a statement that did not take place.” (11/22/25)

    https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/brazils-supreme-court-orders-bolsonaros-arrest-ahead-prison-127778502

  • Judge hits pause on IRS sharing taxpayer information with ICE gang

    Source: NBC News

    “A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the IRS from sharing taxpayer information with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, finding the practice ‘unlawful.’ The court ‘concludes that the Plaintiffs have shown a substantial likelihood that the IRS’s adoption of the Address-Sharing Policy and the IRS’s subsequent sharing of taxpayer information with ICE were unlawful under the Administrative Procedure Act,’ U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly wrote in a 94-page ruling. ‘Furthermore, Plaintiffs have shown that the IRS’s disclosure of confidential taxpayer address information to ICE was contrary to law because it violated several provisions of Internal Revenue Code,’ the judge wrote. The order indicated that in early August, the IRS disclosed information about nearly 47,000 taxpayers.” (11/21/25)

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/judge-issues-order-blocking-irs-sharing-taxpayer-information-ice-rcna245262

  • France: Assembly rejects contentious budget bill over tax proposals

    Source: France 24 [French state media]

    “The French lower house rejected parts of the 2026 budget bill on Saturday, leaving open whether the politically fragmented parliament, under pressure from investors to reduce a budget deficit, can strike a deal before the end of the year. After the rejection of the income part of the budget – which deals with taxation – the bill now heads to the Senate, which is expected to strip out many amendments already added by the National Assembly. Both chambers must agree for the budget to pass without the government resorting to special constitutional powers. Once the Senate completes its review, a joint committee will attempt to broker a compromise.” (11/22/25)

    https://www.france24.com/en/france/20251122-french-lawmakers-roundly-reject-budget-bill-text-moves-senate


  • Lindsey Graham’s Metadata Meltdown

    Source: International Guild of Professional Anarchists
    by Alexander Snitker

    “In the never-ending slapstick of the American empire, few characters commit harder to the bit than Senator Lindsey Graham. For decades, the South Carolina warhawk has sold you the surveillance state like it was freedom’s best friend, a little ‘necessary sacrifice’ so Daddy Government can keep you safe. Now that the same machinery has scraped his phone records, he’s shrieking about tyranny, separation of powers, and Watergate-level scandal, clutching the Constitution like a prop he just found backstage. What changed? Nothing about the system. Only the target.” (11/21/25)

    https://alexandersnitker.substack.com/p/lindsey-grahams-metadata-meltdown

  • Stay “Insubordinate”

    Source: The Dispatch
    by Kevin D Williamson

    “It’s a good thing to be if you’re a journalist.” (11/21/25)

    https://thedispatch.com/article/trump-reporters-insubordinate-saudi-corruption-khashoggi/

  • Enemy Within: The Greatest Danger to Liberty

    Source: Tenth Amendment Center
    by Michael Boldin

    “‘Tyranny can now enter our country.’ Benjamin Rush dropped that warning in 1778 at the height of the War for Independence. But he wasn’t talking about Redcoats. Recognizing the nature of power and humanity, he was giving us a timeless warning about ‘ourselves’ and our own ‘great men.’ The Founders knew the score. History is littered with power-hungry rulers who use deception. They stage false flags. They manufacture crises or exploit real ones. The worst of them pretend to love liberty just to destroy it. In the end, it all leads to tyranny, and the greatest threat is from within.” (11/21/25)

    https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2025/11/21/enemy-within-the-greatest-danger-to-liberty/

  • The US National-Security State’s Assassination of JFK

    Source: Future of Freedom Foundation
    by Jacob G Hornberger

    “Tomorrow, November 22, marks the 62nd anniversary of the U.S. national-security establishment’s assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Yes, I know, there are still Americans who buy into the official ‘conspiracy-theory’ line and the official lone-nut theory of the assassination, but I most definitely am not one of them. For me, there is no doubt whatsoever that this was a regime-change operation based on protecting ‘national security’ from a president whose policies, they were convinced, posed a grave threat to ‘national security.'” (11/21/25)

    https://www.fff.org/2025/11/21/the-u-s-national-security-states-assassination-of-jfk/

  • John Oliver Is Right About Felony Murder

    Source: Independent Institute
    by Sam Jenson

    “Felony murder ‘allows anyone who is accused of committing a violent felony to be charged with murder if the commission of that felony results in the death of someone.’ Under felony murder, prosecutors do not have to prove that a defendant had the intent to kill or was materially involved in the killing. Originally derived from English common law, the United States is the only country that still employs the felony murder rule, despite the United Kingdom and Commonwealth countries having prohibited it in the mid-20th century. This outdated form of punishment disproportionately impacts young people and minorities, fails to enhance public safety, and does not align with reasonable principles of justice. The felony murder rule has been misapplied for too long and it is time for this practice to end.” (11/21/25)

    https://www.independent.org/article/2025/11/21/john-oliver-right-about-felony-murder/

  • Ask Americans — they don’t want a war on Venezuela

    Source: Responsible Statecraft
    by Catherine Lutz & Anne Lutz Fernandez

    “The White House is ready for war. As the Trump administration’s made-for-Hollywood strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats have dominated the news, the Pentagon has been positioning military assets in the Caribbean and Latin America and reactivating bases in the region. More recently, The Washington Post reported that high-level meetings were held about a possible imminent attack on Venezuela and The New York Times has learned that the president gave authorization for CIA operations there. There is one problem: Americans don’t seem to be very enthusiastic.” (11/21/25)

    https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-war-venezuela/

  • The President Is Losing Control of Himself

    Source: The Atlantic
    by Tom Nichols

    “Presidents often lose control over their agenda, or the policy process, or pieces of legislation. Sometimes, they even lose control of their party. But Donald Trump seems to have lost control over the one thing every person, and especially those with immense power, should always maintain control over: himself. Yesterday the president called for the arrest and execution of elected American officials for the crime — as he sees it — of fidelity to the Constitution. … In what must be a first for any White House official, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt had to step forward and answer whether the president of the United States wants to kill members of Congress.” (11/21/25)

    https://archive.is/rgiY4

  • The Hypocrisy of Social Democracy: Hidden Intentions

    Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
    by Roham Jaberi

    “Almost all the rhetoric of social democracy today, especially its American version, boils down to this implicit statement: ‘Free market capitalism is great as long as it financially supports us and our campaigns. But for you common folks, it’s a lethal poison!’ Thus, free market capitalism can be turned into a monopolized private club for billionaire sponsors, allowing them to keep enjoying its benefits, and financing certain agendas, while imposing socialism on the people. This is just to make sure the spillover effects of the free market economy will not elevate people to a position where they might dare to rise against the elite, monopolized club.” (11/21/25)

    https://mises.org/power-market/hypocrisy-social-democracy-hidden-intentions

  • Misusing Trade Agreements

    Source: EconLog
    by Peter Calcagno & Beatriz Maldonado

    “Generally, trade agreements promote trade liberalization, which can have numerous positive effects, including fostering long-term economic growth, increasing foreign investment, and even initiating positive institutional change. Economist Russell Sobel argues that trade openness is a critical first mover in improving economic freedom. Liberalizing trade and improving economic freedom can reduce corruption or generate moral behavior. Corruption reduction could emerge from formal institutional changes (e.g., laws and legislation) or informal ones emerging from increased business with a less corrupt country.” (11/21/25)

    https://www.econlib.org/library/columns/y2025/calcagnomaldonadotrade

  • The Genesis of Israeli Ultra-apartheid

    Source: Antiwar.com
    by Dan Steinbock

    “Unlike South African apartheid which backed supremacy and exploitation, Israeli apartheid condones ethnic cleansing, even mass atrocities — as evidenced by the obliteration of Gaza and anti-Palestinian violence in the West Bank.” (11/21/25)

    https://original.antiwar.com/dan_steinbock/2025/11/20/the-genesis-of-israeli-ultra-apartheid/